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Subject: L&J: SLS: THE SCOPE OF THE BURTON INVESTIGATION (fwd)
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>THE SCOPE OF THE BURTON INVESTIGATION
> Chairman Dan Burton, House of Representatives, June 20, 1997
>
>[The House last week granted Chairman Dan Burton expanded
>subpoena authority. During the debate, Burton laid out the scope
>of his present investigation:]
>
>
>I would just like to say to my colleagues on the other side of
>the aisle, we are not going to try to intimidate anybody. That is
>first; and second, we are going to be working with the Senate
>wherever possible. I am going to be meeting with Senator Thompson
>next week and his staff to coordinate our activities.
>
>Mr. Speaker, let me tell my colleagues a few of the things about
>which this committee is going to be investigating and why.
>
>We are investigating a possible massive scheme, massive scheme of
>funneling millions of dollars in foreign money into the U.S.
>electoral system. We are investigating allegations that the
>Chinese Government at the highest levels decided to infiltrate
>our political system. We are investigating allegations of gross
>misuse of our national security structure including the national
>security council and the CIA. We are investigating the White
>House that became a frequent stop, a frequent stop for major
>donors with foreign ties who have now fled the country or taken
>the fifth amendment.
>
>Here are some key facts to prove the critical importance of this
>investigation, and I hope my colleagues will look at this chart.
>
>Charlie Trie, a friend of the President for 20 years, has
>reportedly fled the country and is in the People's Republic of
>China, Communist China, to avoid being questioned about wire
>transfers of over $1 million from Asian banks to him at the same
>time that he was giving in excess of $200,000 to the Democrat
>National Committee and more than $600,000 to the President's
>legal defense fund. All of that money has been returned, the
>$600,000.
>
>John Huang, a friend of the President's who is pleading the fifth
>amendment raised between $3 and $4 million for the Democrat
>National Committee. The DNC is currently pledged to return almost
>half of that money.
>
>Roger Tamraz, who was recently detained by the Government of
>Georgia because there was an international arrest warrant for him
>issued by Lebanon, received repeated meetings with President
>Clinton at a time when he was trying to get the administration
>support to build a pipeline in Asia despite objections by the
>National Security Council. A NSC staffer was recently reported as
>saying that she felt pressured to cooperate with Mr. Tamraz
>because of $200,000 in democrat contributions.
>
>Former DNC chairman, the chairman of the DNC, Don Fowler
>reportedly tried to manipulate the CIA to provide favorable
>information about Roger Tamraz so that the National Security
>Council would back off their objections to his going to the White
>House to meet with the President. The NSC lost that battle, and
>so did our national security because he did go to the White House
>and he did meet with the President.
>
>Another example of national security concerns being brushed aside
>in favor of campaign cash is a case of Johnny Chung. He raised
>$366,000 in contributions returned by the DNC. He visited the
>White House 49 times despite warnings by the National Security
>Council that he was a hustler and should not be there.
>
>Yogesh Gandhi was barred from giving money to President Clinton
>at the White House because of his dubious background, but that
>did not stop the White House. Craig Livingston and John Huang
>arranged a meeting two blocks away from the White House at a
>hotel where the President did meet with him and $325,000 was
>subsequently given to the DNC.
>
>Former third ranking Justice Department official and convicted
>felon, Webster Hubbell, between June 21, l994, and June 25, 1994,
>there were 10 meetings at the White House, some involving the
>President regarding whether or not what he was going to be doing
>between the time he left the Justice Department and was indicted,
>and after the tenth meeting, 2 days later the Lippo Group the
>Riadys gave him $100,000 in legal fees, and many people believed,
>myself included, that that might have been hush money. In fact
>Abe Rosenthal, a supporter of the President, said in a New York
>Times column it would not take a particularly suspicious mind let
>alone a prosecutor's to see high paying jobs as hush money to
>keep a defendant silent.
>
>Pauline Kanchanalak, the mysterious contributor from Thailand,
>was one of John Huang's associates. She visited the White House
>30 times, raised money for the DNC, and she fled the country. We
>cannot get her even with a subpoena.
>
>Ted Sioeng, yet another dubious DNC contributor, is reportedly in
>Hong Kong now. He has avoided any questions about his
>contributions totaling $355,000 to the DNC.
>
>He is under investigation right now, but we cannot get to him. He
>also worked with the Chinese Government, we believe, trying to
>acquire influence for China.
>
>Let me just say in closing, there is substantial reasons why this
>investigation must go forward. We must depose these witnesses and
>we need the help of this body to get that job done.
>
>
>
>
> Published in the Jun. 23, 1997 issue of The Washington Weekly
> Copyright 1997 The Washington Weekly (http://www.federal.com)
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